| MOVIE TITLE |
GRADE |
DAVE SAYS |
| 10 Items or Less
|
C |
"… not so charming …" |
| 10,000 BC
|
D |
"… this movie sucks but you'll have a good time anyway …" |
| 10th & Wolf
|
D |
"… tired, clichéd nonsense." |
| The 11th Hour
|
B+ |
"… the obnoxious wake-up call that An Inconvenient Truth was too polite to be." |
| 1408
|
B |
"… surprise, it turns out to be a lot of fun …" |
| 16 Blocks
|
C+ |
"… super-unlikely stuff …" |
| 2 Days in Paris
|
B- |
"… Linklater's filmmaking style …" |
| 21
|
C- |
"… really lame and boring." |
| 27 Dresses
|
D- |
"… where everyone's a moron." |
| 28 Weeks Later
|
B |
"… tense and full of dread …" |
| 3:10 to Yuma
|
B+ |
"… smart and solid and unflinching …" |
| 30 Days of Night
|
B- |
"… wildly violent and splattery …" |
| 300
|
B+ |
"… a total blast of cool fighting and superviolence." |
| 39 Pounds of Love
|
C- |
"… so tedious." |
| 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
|
A |
"… so brutal …" |
| 95 Miles to Go
|
D |
"… hell to the no." |
| A Good Woman
|
C |
"It's boring." |
|
The Abandoned
|
B- |
"… creepy and dumb …" |
| Absolute Wilson
|
A |
"… very cool …" |
| Accepted
|
B |
"… tame and cuddly and sweet." |
| Across the Universe
|
D |
"Like, it's actually going to be endless." |
| Adam & Steve
|
B+ |
"… sweet and light …" |
| Adam's Apples
|
C- |
"… annoyingly snuggle-bunnies …" |
| Aeon Flux
|
C |
"… spaced-out seriousness." |
| After the Wedding
|
B |
"The performances are moving …" |
| Air Guitar Nation
|
B |
"… doesn't try to be cooler than its subject matter …" |
| Akeelah and the Bee
|
B+ |
"… tons of charm …" |
| Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
|
C- |
"… boring and lifeless." |
| Alexandra
|
A |
"… kind of stunning." |
| Alice's House
|
B |
"… a more naturalistic view of the world …" |
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
|
D |
"… boring and narrow in scope …" |
| All the King's Men
|
C- |
"… forgets the compelling-story part …" |
| Alpha Dog
|
C + |
"… goofy, hip-hop-soundtrack-addled exploitation …" |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks
|
B- |
"… non-
offensive …" |
| Amazing Grace
|
C+ |
"… no extraneous Schindler's List-y explicit sex scenes …" |
| American Dreamz
|
C- |
"… a lot of zzzzzzz." |
| American Gangster
|
B |
" … totally entertains you," |
| American Gun
|
D |
"… very, very, very bad." |
| American Hardcore
|
B+ |
"… it's too long …" |
| An American Haunting
|
D |
"… nothing happened." |
| Anamorph
|
C+ |
"… a copycat product …" |
| Angel-A
|
B+ |
"… a giantess-fetishist's dream come true …" |
| Annapolis
|
D |
"… terrible, hack-y …" |
| Ant Bully
|
C- |
"So much talking." |
| Antonia
|
B+ |
"… a little too much melodrama …" |
| Apocalypto
|
A |
"… a totally entertaining and pointless blast of the grossest, nuttiest stuff …" |
| April's Shower
|
D+ |
"… Dirt of Boredom." |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters
|
A |
"… best animated movie of this or any year …" |
| Aquamarine
|
B |
"… cinematic equivalent of a high-pitched squeal." |
| Arctic Tale
|
C- |
"… a slippery slope toward stupidity." |
| Are We Done Yet?
|
D+ |
"… a big bucket of stupid …" |
| Art School Confidential
|
B- |
"… insanely entertaining …" |
| Arthur and the Invisibles
|
D+ |
"It destroys itself just fine." |
| Ask the Dust
|
C- |
"… totally dull and average." |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
|
A |
"He has his 'I'm Brad Pitt' cake and eats it …" |
| The Astronaut Farmer
|
B- |
"… a harmless and farfetched family movie …" |
| ATL
|
B- |
"… like a hip-hop American Graffiti …" |
| Atonement
|
B |
"You win again, fancy British people." |
| August Rush
|
C+ |
"… fake magic and loony coincidences …" |
| Aurora Borealis
|
B- |
"… the kind of indie film that you want to hate …" |
| Avenue Montaigne
|
B+ |
"… ain't bad." |
| Awake
|
D- |
"How freaking boring can you make a movie and still get a theatrical release?" |
| Away From Her
|
A |
"… moving but unsentimental …" |
| Awesome: I F**kin' Shot That
|
B+ |
"… amazing stuff …" |
|
Babel
|
B- |
"… way better than that stupid Crash …" |
| Baby Mama
|
B |
"… made me laugh from beginning to end." |
| The Babysitters
|
D |
"… keeps on telling you how unfunny the joke is." |
| Backstage
|
B+ |
"… verge-of-tears overwroughtness." |
| Badland
|
F |
"I love how dumb all the characters are." |
| Ballets Russes
|
A |
"… jaw-droppingly beautiful …" |
| Balls of Fury
|
D- |
"… full of dead space …" |
| Bamako
|
A |
"You can't accuse it of being dull." |
| The Band's Visit
|
A- |
"If melancholy is your favorite
flavor …" |
| The Bank Job
|
B+ |
"… it's a lot of fun …" |
| Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
|
C- |
"… the 147th animated talking-animal movie …" |
| Basic Instinct 2
|
D |
"… hilariously kinky sex …" |
| Battle in Heaven
|
B |
"… capital-A Art Film." |
| Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
|
A |
"… horrifyingly fascinating …" |
| Be Kind Rewind
|
B |
"… not Michel Gondry's most coherent one …" |
| The Beauty Academy of Kabul
|
B+ |
"No, it's not a mockumentary." |
| Because I Said So
|
C |
"It's dumbly inoffensive, unless you're offended by things that induce napping." |
| Becoming Jane
|
B |
"Maggie Smith slices everyone to ribbons …" |
| Bee Movie
|
C- |
"… pretty dull …" |
| Bee Season
|
B+ |
"… wow …" |
| Beerfest
|
B |
"… funny, too, but it's no Super Troopers." |
| Been Rich All My Life
|
A- |
"… you'll want way more." |
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
|
A- |
"… giving it everything they've got …" |
| The Benchwarmers
|
D |
"… Dullsville." |
| Beowulf
|
A- |
"… 98 percent awesome …" |
| Beyond the Gates
|
B+ |
"… moving and wrenching …" |
| Big Momma's House 2
|
D |
"… supposed to be funny." |
| Black Book
|
A |
"… amazingly daring …" |
| Black Christmas
|
C- |
"… the deaths are fun …" |
| The Black Dahlia
|
C+ |
"… noir to romance to screwball comedy …" |
| Black Gold
|
B |
"… [Starbucks baristas] grin like doofuses …" |
| Black Irish
|
B- |
"… a soap-opera mentality …" |
| Black Sheep
|
D+ |
"… Good Will Hunting with zombie lambs." |
| Black Snake Moan
|
B+ |
"… balls-out craziness …" |
| Blades of Glory
|
B+ |
"… not quite as funny as Anchorman …" |
| Blame It on Fidel
|
B+ |
"… problematic and spooky." |
| Blind Mountain
|
B |
"… slower than you might want it to be." |
| Blood and Chocolate
|
D |
"… PG-13 middle-school sex fantasy." |
| Blood Diamond
|
C+ |
"… few exciting suspense moments." |
| BloodRayne
|
F |
"… awful/awesome …" |
| Boarding Gate
|
B |
"It's less a thriller (way less) …" |
| Bobby
|
D |
"… about practically nothing at all …" |
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
|
A |
"… screamingly funny and brutally on-point …" |
| Brand Upon the Brain!
|
A |
"… exciting and satisfyingly odd …" |
| Bratz: The Movie
|
C |
"… takes the 'hooch factor' out of the equation …" |
| The Brave One
|
C |
"… actually completely brainless …" |
| Breach
|
B |
"… not what you expect it's going to be." |
| Breaking and Entering
|
C+ |
"… blabbedy-
blah-blah-blah." |
| The Break-Up
|
B- |
"… not necessarily bad …" |
| Brick
|
A |
"… the coolest high-school movie since Heathers." |
| The Bridesmaid
|
B+ |
"… just gets crazier and crazier …" |
| Bridge to Terabithia
|
A |
"… smart, moving …" |
| Brokeback Mountain
|
A |
"… heartbreaking …" |
| Broken English
|
C |
"God, this movie is a drag." |
| Broken Sky
|
D |
"It's like watching two guys French kiss in an Urban Outfitters." |
| Brooklyn Rules
|
D |
"… a sea of dumb …" |
| The Brothers Solomon
|
D |
"… as entertaining as watching Dumb and Dumberer." |
| Bubble
|
B- |
"… looks as awful as it feels." |
| The Bubble
|
B |
"Take Three's Company and toss them into Tel Aviv." |
| The Bucket List
|
D |
"… so darn boring …" |
| Bug
|
B+ |
"… gets really nuts." |
|
Caché
|
A |
"… Hitchcock-influenced tricks …" |
| The Camden 28
|
B |
"… like watching cheerleaders form a human pyramid for the cause of peace." |
| Captivity
|
F |
"… wouldn't be so much of a crime if there were imagination or style … to back it up …" |
| Cars
|
B- |
"… just good enough …" |
| Casanova
|
C |
"… needs a Viagra." |
| Cashback
|
C- |
"… puddle-deep emotional jabbering …" |
| Casino Royale
|
A- |
"It makes actual sense." |
| Cassandra's Dream
|
D+ |
"… a comedy by default?" |
| Catch a Fire
|
B |
"… complicated …" |
| Catch and Release
|
D- |
"The action goes nowhere. Or else it goes fishing." |
| Chalk
|
B- |
"… not consistently funny …" |
| Chaos Theory
|
C |
"The thing I hate the most is on display here …" |
| N/A |
C- |
"… watching Leto try to become a method actor." |
| Charlie Bartlett
|
B- |
"… cute first, satirical second." |
| Charlie Wilson's War
|
C |
"… Oscar-grubbing kind of movie …" |
| Charlotte's Web
|
A |
"… gentle, literate …" |
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2
|
D |
"… ridiculousness …" |
| Chicago 10
|
B+ |
"… you'll always be fascinated and freaked-out …" |
| Chicken Little
|
C |
"… kids will flip …" |
| The Child
|
A |
"… heavy, serious …" |
| Children of Men
|
B |
"… evil dystopias are always a kick …" |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
B |
"… plenty to like …" |
| City of Men
|
C+ |
"… a melodramatic message movie …" |
| Civic Duty
|
C |
"… still fun." |
| Clean
|
B+ |
"[Cheung's] never not good." |
| Clerks II
|
A |
"… filthy, hilarious dialogue …" |
| Click
|
D |
"… monumentally stupid …" |
| Climates
|
A |
"… perfect looking …" |
| Close to Home
|
B |
"… a much less funny Clerks but with bombs." |
| Cloverfield
|
A |
"… mind-blowingly great …" |
| Code Name: The Cleaner
|
C |
"… stupid and useless." |
| College Road Trip
|
B- |
"You won't be annoyed too much …" |
| Color Me Kubrick
|
B |
"… goes there with trashy good humor." |
| Come Early Morning
|
B |
"… comfortable and country." |
| The Comebacks
|
F |
"… so bad and not-funny …" |
| The Condemned
|
D- |
"… no consistent point of view about that superviolence …" |
| Confetti
|
C- |
"… heartfelt and lame …" |
| Control
|
A- |
"… unswervingly melancholy …" |
| Conversations With Other Women
|
C- |
"… yappy-yap-yapping …" |
| Copying Beethoven
|
D+ |
"… still sucks." |
| The Counterfeiters
|
B+ |
"One of the more interesting …" |
| The Covenant
|
D |
"… bland and dull …" |
| Crank
|
B+ |
"… the dumb-ocity of Speed 2: Cruise Control …" |
| Crazy Love
|
A- |
"… 10 times more disturbing than any horror film." |
| Crossover
|
D- |
"Awkward, inept …" |
| Curious George
|
B |
"Are you 4? 4½?" |
| Curse of the Golden Flower
|
B+ |
"… stab-happy sprinkles on a cupcake of crazy." |
|
The Da Vinci Code
|
C- |
"God hates your dull movie." |
| Daddy Day Camp
|
F |
"… hideous, soul-scarring, brain-melting …" |
| Daddy's Little Girls
|
B- |
"… really isn't so bad." |
| Dan in Real Life
|
D- |
"… fake warmth oozes, dumbness prevails." |
| Danielson: A Family Movie
|
A |
"… a source of unlikely joy …" |
| Dans Paris
|
A |
"… not drowning in sentimentality …" |
| Darfur Now
|
B+ |
"… refuses to really get down and dirty …" |
| The Darjeeling Limited
|
A |
"… a dryly sweet quality …" |
| Dark Matter
|
D+ |
"Even Streep seems lost …" |
| DarkBlueAlmostBlack
|
B- |
"… nothing too shocking you'll be learning …" |
| Date Movie
|
F |
"… the worst movie of 2006." |
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party
|
A |
"… the coolest …" |
| Day Watch
|
B- |
"… a commitment to chaos …" |
| Days of Glory
|
B |
"You'll get sucked into it …" |
| The Dead Girl
|
C+ |
"… forgettable indie bummer trotted out during awards season …" |
| Dead Silence
|
B |
"… consistently surprising." |
| Deal
|
F |
"Script written in sleep? Check." |
| Death at a Funeral
|
C |
"… takes a long time for all the mechanics to pay off." |
| Death of a President
|
C+ |
"… narratively lazy …" |
| The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
|
A |
"… a lot of nothing is what happens." |
| Death Sentence
|
C |
"… it sucks, but I liked it …" |
| December Boys
|
C- |
"This is the worst Harry Potter movie ever." |
| Deception
|
C+ |
"You know what's not sexy? Sexiness." |
| Deck the Halls
|
C |
"OK, yes, I laughed." |
| Dedication
|
C+ |
"… it's like Music and Lyrics for really hateful people." |
| Deep Water
|
A |
"… a heart-in-the-mouth viewing experience …" |
| Definitely, Maybe
|
C- |
"… zero amounts of interesting …" |
| Déjà Vu
|
B- |
"… totally ridiculous." |
| Delirious
|
B |
"… memorable …" |
| Deliver Us From Evil
|
A |
"… mind-blowing nonsense …" |
| Delta Farce
|
B |
"… crap that makes me giggle …" |
| The Departed
|
A |
"… Mark Wahlberg is the coolest …" |
| Descent
|
B- |
"" … what it doesn't do: move beyond the obvious."" |
| The Descent
|
A- |
"… tons of gore …" |
| The Devil and Daniel Johnston
|
A |
"… you'll become a fan …" |
| The Devil Wears Prada
|
B- |
"Streep eats this movie for breakfast …" |
| The Devil's Miner
|
A |
"… straightforward and politics-free …" |
| The Dhamma Brothers
|
B- |
"… should have tried a little more 'noble silence' …" |
| Diary of the Dead
|
B |
"… barely about zombies eating dumb teen victims." |
| Diggers
|
B- |
"… a real-life message of almost borderline futility …" |
| Dirty
|
C- |
"… so badly edited and directed …" |
| Disturbia
|
B |
"… caffeinated jolts and creepy suspense …" |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
|
A |
"… beautiful, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes blurry, sometimes mournful …" |
| DOA: Dead or Alive
|
B+ |
"… an awesome 87 minutes of cinema." |
| Domino
|
C- |
"… loony, Tank Girl-ish …" |
| Don't Come Knockin'
|
D+ |
"I must have snored a little bit." |
| Doogal
|
C- |
"… you'll have a nice nap." |
| Doom
|
B- |
"… not as good [Aliens]." |
| Doomsday
|
A |
"Does it suck? Sorta. Is that awesome? Absolutely." |
| Down in the Valley
|
C+ |
"… Method-like and irritating." |
| Down to the Bone
|
A- |
"… a 10 on the real-life-sucks grit-meter." |
| Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
|
B+ |
"… kooky, visionary …" |
| Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
|
B- |
"… the animation is perfect." |
| Dragon Wars
|
B |
"… they really spent their budget on making good-looking monsters." |
| Dreamer
|
A- |
"… genuinely moving …" |
| Dreamgirls
|
A- |
"… it's really on." |
| Drillbit Taylor
|
C- |
"Just think Superbad minus the humor …" |
| Driving Lessons
|
C- |
"… dopey little feel-goodish …" |
| The Duchess of Langeais
|
A |
"… tense, dark, melancholy, sometimes strange …" |
| Duck Season
|
A |
"… free to see what's really playing out …" |
| The Dying Gaul
|
B+ |
"… bitter and tragic …" |
| Dynamite Warrior
|
C |
"It's less awesome than it sounds." |
|
Eagle vs. Shark
|
C- |
"… a Wes Anderson feel that disappears …" |
| Eastern Promises
|
A |
"… excellently weird push-pull attraction to evil …" |
| Eight Below
|
B |
"… humor, tears, tension and drama." |
| El Cantante
|
D+ |
"… like Lopez is reading aloud from a biopic instruction manual." |
| Eleven Men Out
|
D |
"… one lame, unimaginative lump." |
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age
|
C |
"… momentary jolts of energy." |
| Elizabethtown
|
C- |
"… an ankle-deep coming-of-age movie …" |
| Ellie Parker
|
C- |
"… has 99 problems …" |
| Employee of the Month
|
D+ |
"… so damn boring." |
| Enchanted
|
B+ |
"… without too many annoying winks." |
| End of the Spear
|
C- |
"… inspirational …" |
| Epic Movie
|
F |
"… piece of crap." |
| Eragon
|
C |
"… totally dull …" |
| Evan Almighty
|
C- |
"… a weakly conceived punchline." |
| Even Money
|
D |
"… hand-wringy …" |
| Evening
|
C |
"… on-the-nose and full of itself." |
| Everyone's Hero
|
D |
"… cheaply made 3-D junk …" |
| Everything's Gone Green
|
B+ |
"… low-key, bemused …" |
| Evil
|
C+ |
"… Swedishly lurid …" |
| The Ex
|
C+ |
"… kind of bites it." |
| Exiled
|
A- |
"… simply exciting gunplay …" |
| Exterminating Angels
|
A- |
"… it's bonkers …" |
| The Eye
|
D |
"… see-it-coming-in-5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1-style jolts …" |
|
F*ck
|
C+ |
"… funny enough." |
| Factory Girl
|
D |
"… so scattered and borderline incoherent …" |
| Factotum
|
C+ |
"… a lot of nothing." |
| Failure to Launch
|
D+ |
"… a widescreen unfunny sitcom …" |
| The Fall
|
B- |
"The pretty-pretty is really impressive." |
| Family Law
|
C+ |
"… it'd be nice if this one was even a little bit unpredictable." |
| The Family Stone
|
D |
"… a waste of time." |
| Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
|
C- |
"Boring is the deal." |
| The Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift
|
B |
"… looks like one of Gwen Stefani's erotic dreams …" |
| Fast Food Nation
|
C+ |
"… good-intentioned …" |
| Fat Girls
|
D |
"… in the sad position of being less sophisticated than Another Gay Movie." |
| Fay Grim
|
B |
"… artfully stylized scenes about who knows what." |
| Feast of Love
|
D |
"A bunch of annoying white people …" |
| Feel the Noise
|
D+ |
"… feels like something they did on the side one weekend …" |
| Fido
|
B |
"… cutely gross at times." |
| Fierce People
|
C- |
"… a completely tone-shifting, boom-lowering sexual assault …" |
| Final Destination 3
|
B+ |
"… excellently detailed …" |
| The Final Season
|
B- |
"… a dorky, yearning-to-be-loved movie …" |
| Find Me Guilty
|
B |
"… smart and funny and totally entertaining." |
| Finishing the Game
|
D |
"… anti-funny …" |
| Firehouse Dog
|
C- |
"… goodhearted and inoffensive, even if it's really sloppy …" |
| Firewall
|
D |
"… loony …" |
| First Descent
|
B+ |
"Terror-o-Meter: Eight out of 10." |
| First Snow
|
C- |
"… a dull, dour version of My Name Is Earl." |
| First Sunday
|
C- |
"… amiable enough and less stupid than you'd
guess …" |
| Flags of Our Fathers
|
B- |
"… like kicking a puppy." |
| Flanders
|
B+ |
"… really compelling and snot-nosed performances …" |
| Flannel Pajamas
|
D |
"… it feels like years." |
| Flawless
|
D+ |
"… it bores in the process." |
| Flicka
|
B+ |
"… heart-stomping." |
| Flight of the Red Balloon
|
A |
"It quietly takes your hand …" |
| Flushed Away
|
B+ |
